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Good to be back on my skinny tire.
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Hmmm... you may have to flip it on your phone, like "hard" rotate by going to the menu and selecting Rotate Left or Right. The phone seems to guess which way is up, but doesn't assign that property to the photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallsteve
Here's a video from Saturday down on More Cowbell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFlia633s4M
Good Water Rim Trail video footage from Saturday. If you took the trail itself and put it out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to look at, nobody would ever ride it. Having the trail on the rim of the Little Grand Canyon however, makes for a spectacular must do ride. Perfect day and temps and, considering there were a gazillion campers in the area, we ran into very few people actually on the trail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiFOdnxr938
That looks like a cool trail, I recently watched Bruce's version too. Looks like he's got himself a drone now, good for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallsteve
Lately on my rides, I think I'm more interested in the scenery than the trail itself. There's the Bonneville SHoreline Trail up North of the North Ogden Divide. It's a great trail, very well built, berms on the corners and everything, but the scenery sucks. I don't think I'll ride it anytime soon. This trail though, the Good Water Rim, looks like it has awesome views.
Maybe it's the photographer in me, but I prefer great views over the technical trails. I'd really like to get down there and ride this one.
It would be an amazing trail to get drone footage from. I think it's just BLM land so, no restrictions that I'm aware of. I was biking with my buddy who doesn't pedal much anymore and is way out of shape but,this isn't a trail to ride fast anyway. Stop frequently and look over the edge. I think this area is probably the most spectacular spot that most Utahn's haven't ever heard of. It's also just over a 2 hour drive from house in PG so, relatively close.
Did you do the full 21 mile loop? How long did it take? I assume coming from the Ogden area, about 3 hours drive each way, then ride, it could all be done in 1 day without leaving at ridiculous hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallsteve
Yep, full loop. Here's my Strava track: https://www.strava.com/activities/943765334. 2:17 hours of actual moving time; 3:35 overall time. The elevation gain is goofed up for some reason. The actual gain is only around 1,000' which includes the dirt roads back to the parking spot. An easy get up early, drive down, pedal, get back home before dark ride.
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Fun ride down Barrel Trail
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Utah Lake side of the mountain this morning.
Upper Timpooneke campground late yesterday afternoon.
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Sample from the ogden bike park tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbmlIrixVwQ&feature=youtu.be
Horsethief Bench from this weekend at the Fruita Fat Tire Festival
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Western Rim:
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Courtesy of @MtnBkr
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My loop yesterday evening in Corner Canyon. :cool2:
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I was there that same weekend and rode that trail Saturday morning. That was busiest trail I have seen bikes were almost tire to tire the entire trail.Quote:
Originally Posted by neilether
That is a great trail though. We also rode some trails in grand junction on Friday. My buddy broke his collar bone on the ribbon trail, we hiked back up to the car to get him to the hospital.
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The above picture is the western rim I believe....? The trail is just of i-70 barely on the Colorado side. It goes in and out of Utah. Was a really fun trail.
Looks like we could have seen each other on the trails.
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Quite possible. We rode the following:Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG RED
Thursday: Western Rim from the Rabbit Valley Exit off i-70. Then we did a Ribbon to Gunny loop shuttle
Friday: Horsethief Bench - Steve's Loop - Moore Fun - Rustlers Loop. Then we did a few laps out on 18 road; PBR, Kessel Run, Joe's Ridge
Saturday: Ribbon to Free Lunch to Holy Cross. Then Butterknife in the afternoon
Sunday: another lap on Horsethief, because it's full of super awesomeness.
101 total miles for the weekend.
Your picture you show above does look to be the Western Rim, from the western portion of the trail, if I were a bettin' man.
Looks like we road a lot of the same trails, just mostly on different days.
Thursday: whiterim (might have seen you there?), free lunch
Friday: zippity doo dah, pbr, kessel. Ribbon (where friend broke collar bone)
Saturday: 2 loops of Horsethief bench. And went home.
There are a lot of fun rides in that area. I'd recommend trying it out if you haven't ridden before.
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Had a nice ride with some friends in Prescott, AZ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b53Iw2Wl_0U
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Looks like a fun trail. What is that really long cable coming off your right-side handlebar? Dropper Post? That would drive me crazy!
Yes dropper post, I get a lot of similar comments from people when they see my videos, but in real life its not that bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallsteve
A good adventure ride in Logan yesterday:
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Double D forksQuote:
Originally Posted by accadacca
Cool ride on the Loss Burros Trail in Pinetop, AZ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH9Mi3jesGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH9Mi3jesGA
Tour of the White Mountains Gravel Grinder put on by Epic Rides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6-2RkERhdI
I've been slacking, I think I still need to write up this report and post my media. This is from Mueller Park last week, probably the best Fall Colors ride I've had this season.
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from the drone:
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I tried an ebike for a bit tonight. WOW! Actually, very interesting experience. You can join the cool kids and laugh about them but honestly you're missing out on a cool ride.
Sure there's a time and place for them, they aren't for every trail. But honestly, every fear and excuse to hate them is completely unfounded and false.
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Did you Strava all your new KOM's? That is honestly my biggest bitch about ebikes.Quote:
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Hey, nice bike!Quote:
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Ok, so, tell me what happened over on the MTBEU facebook page. Looks like I missed all the drama.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sombeech
ha ha, no. I don't Strava. I thought I would start a while ago but I just never got into it. I just ride and take pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceaxe
It is a good point though, the KOMs possibly getting skewed by ebikes. I think somehow they'll figure out a way to detect an ebike and will either categorize it as such, or put it in some kind of "practice mode" or something, just so bikers could truly filter out ebike results in the Strava app.
I think if ebike manufacturers did something for this, maybe a bluetooth tool on the bike so if it links up on Strava, it's immediately disqualified from recording a KOM. Or then again, they could open up a new category specifically for ebikes in Strava.
These bikes are here to stay, and if the industry embraces them, it'll be better for riders and non ebike riders, alike.
ha ha ha, I'll have to get a little write up going with some nice conversation screenshots. But basically I posted this same picture there, and the group was having a fun, healthy discussion, joking around on both sides, and then I get the private message from Landon Boogaard, the admin, telling me to stop trolling or I'd get booted out. At that point I started to see how the whole attitude there was pretty pathetic, a bunch of bikers trying to gain respect from others by mocking other beginner bikers, what they are wearing, things like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallsteve
So I made a few last comments, just curious if I had been banned yet, then I just left the group and Landon blocked me from his personal account too. Ha ha, it's these kinds of dramatic nuggets that make it all worth it.
In short, if we mock others for wearing cargo shorts while they ride, or their lack of a dropper post, or in any way a shortcoming of dressing like the "real bikers", it shows our own insecurities.
Some folks need to decide if they really do want to welcome others to this sport, or if we just want to hold it as an envious status, out of reach for newcomers. You could say I'm #Triggered by the arrogance of those who feel they are truly special, and a gift to the industry.
In short, the admin is a little power tripping guy who may be over-evaluating his status in society for running a facebook group, and it's hilarious.
And credit goes to Ben here for lending it to Shawn, who lent it to me for a few minutes to try out. Thanks! I'm hooked.Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG RED
Jeez. Yeah, I don't read everything on MTBEU and if I do go there I skip through everything pretty quickly. Way to much snark, name calling, entitlement and 'my opinion is the only one that matters' attitude, along with people writing stuff that they'd never dare say to someone's face. I could care less what people ride or wear. I never rubber-neck to see what bike the other guy is on or what bling he has installed. I just don't care. I do my research and buy/ride what I think will work for me then enjoy the gear, workout and experience. Just like utahmountainbiking dot com was once the goto resource for all things Utah mtn. biking, MTBEU will also one day be pretty irrelevant from being replaced with the next mass social media thing.
Drama over there for sure and a whole bunch of mountain bike elitists. I’ve seen it many times. A post just gets deleted for no reason except an ego at the helm. If the owner doesn’t agree with your line of thinking, he just pulls the trigger.
I was pissed when I saw two of Beech’s post deleted, then he sent me a few of the messages from the owner. Man, that guy has some issues. I noticed he blocked me from his personal account too. I’ve never met the guy and was not friends on FB. Not sure what’s up with the drama. He blocked me from the MTBEU page too after I had already left. Sorry, bro...too late! Lol
The AF Canyon trails are so packed down right now (what little snow there is) I was able to pedal my fatbike all the way up to the AF Overlook yesterday evening. This is at 8,100' elevation. Crazy little snow. I've never seen it this bad at the beginning of January.
Looking west down the canyon and the backside of Mt. Timp.
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Corner Canyon, UT. I took a newer trail called Lexi and Ethan.
You mean this trail?Quote:
Originally Posted by accadacca
KOM bitch :-)
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